Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-05-14
BUFFALO'S MILLlONAlRES.


BUFFALO'S MILLlONAlRES.
Something About the Rich Men of the
City of Breezes.
Especial Correspondence
BUFFALO, April 90.
The millionaires of Buffalo are given tc
7olid investments, and a furry in the lead
market would cause more excitement than an
lttaek of hog cholera in Chicago. The men
If wealth in Buffalo, as general rule, started
poor and know how to take care of money.
E. G. Spaulding, president of the Farmers
and Mechanics bank, is said to be worth
Sl0,000,0O0. He is called the father of the
greenback, because when in the treasury de
partment he conceived the idea of the issue of
paper money. He has fatherly regard for
the greenback to this day, and has taken
many of them in out of the wet
Nelson Holland, the lumber prince, lives
IN q big house, and has a pretty daughter,
who is intimate with Mrs Grover Cleveland,
and has been since they were little girls.
went TO ask Mr.. Holland once if it was true
thai his confidential clerk had robbed him of
$4,000 He said it was too true, and that he
felt very sorry about it. l asked him if he
proposed to have the young man arrested.
he said he hadn't decided whether it would
DC best or not to do so. He never did de-
eide. The clerk was last heard of in New
Orleans, where lie was making living by sell
ing key rings.
Ex-Mayor Jonathan Scoville made his
money manufacturing car wheels, and has q
big Doodle. He has been in congress and is
well posted on all public questions. He al
ways tells the reporters just what he thinks,
and, like Murat HalStead, is not at all partic-
ular whether his interviews are printed or
not. l last saw him on the morning of the
Richmond hotel fire, March IS, when he was
bathing with oil the burns of poor servant
girl who had jumped from O fourth story
window His money is always ready in
cause that appeals to his large heart, and he
makes no blow over his giving. He usually
has hand in every political pie and votes
the Democratic ticket He owns the finest
site on Delaware avenue. 1t is devoted to
flower gardens. The only buildings are a
brown stone stable and gardeners lodge Mr..
Scoville lives with his brother in cheap lodg-
ings down town. He is jolly bachelor and
has no use for house
u.
miller and dye manufacturer, has dead loads
of money. He lives in a $4,000 house on
Delaware avenue. When he moved in his
wife said she was afraid she would have to
keep girl" Mr.. Schoellkopf gives his Ger
man friends some famous feastS at his friend
acknowledgements restaurant. He drives q
pony called Spot, who stands unhtched in
the street. Sometimes he goes OFF alone, but
that does not bother his owner any. He
simply takes street car home, and always
finds Spot chewing at the stable door.
When the famous Schoellkopf mansion was
erected figure adorned the portico that
made Spot shy little. The old man took the
side of his faithful horse, and had the figure
taken down. Mr.. Schoellkopf takes pride in
the German interests of Buffalo, and was a
protector of Music hall
Daniel O'Day, of the Standard Oil COM
pany, used to work in a shoe shop for 81. so a
day. He went to the Pennsylvania oil fields
when the first fever was on, and bought
half interest in a well. To-day ne is worth
millions. He is president of the local branch
of the Standards natural gas company, and
expects to make more millions for himself
and his friends He likes to own a few
shares of newspaper stock; not for publica-
ton, but as a guarantee that he will be
treated in good faith. He is an Irish Catho-
lie Democrat and an admirer of Grover
Cleveland
Z. L. Hedstrom is another rich man. He
made his money out of black diamonds. He
lsa Scandinavian and Baptist Keeping Sun
day Is his hobby. Once, says rumor, his men
teiephoned him on Sunday asking whether
Or not he desired certain boat loaded with
coal. His reply was that it was never neces-
sary to ask him such question, as he at
tended to no business on the Sabbath. The
matter was referred to the general manager,
who was not so devout, and the boat was
oaded.
Francis H. Root made his money out of
leather. His daughter married Robert Keat-
ing, and the firm is Root & Heating. The
laughter died, and the grandfather adopted
The son. Mr.. Root is fond of the theatres. His
grand and adopted son gives theatre parties
first nights, and is head over heels into anna
eur theatricals
Pascal p. Pratt, president of the Manufac-
surers and Traders bank, is in the millionaire
lass, too, and is called the "nicest" man in
Buffalo. That means that he is a gentleman,
md polite to reporters, who delight in adding
o his good fame.
Gen. Rufus L. Howard, of the Howard
ron works, has an eye for fancy stock, and
)wns farm for the breeding of horses and
,attle
w. H. Gratnick, the Tonawanda lumber
lealer, has many shekels. He came from
Albany, N. Y, a few years ago, and made |
money rapidly. His home is in Buffalo, and
lie delights in Buffalo society. BE picked out
DR.. Ward, of Englewood, N. j., for rector Of |
Trinity church, and was greatly shocked !
when that divine shot his wife.
DR.. Ray V. Pierce, the medicine man, has
! big pile of money and an invalid's hotel. |
lie is fond of shooting and fishing, and was
N organizer of the Society for the Pro |
ection of the Niagara river, whose hobby is |
o prevent the street contractors from Dump |
ng sweepings into the river to the detri- |
nent of the fish. He has big gold mine on |
he Feather river in California, which has
ost 81 ,g00, 600 to develop The course Of the |
feather river had to be changed by tunnel I
ne mountain When the mine begins to
ay DR.. Pierce expects to become a rival of /
'onanza Mackay. PHINEAs PHINN.